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Ronda Rousey enlist Lucia Rijker as striking coach

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Amid the stir Ronda Rousey caused with her outspoken persona and title-winning fight against Miesha Tate, UFC president Dana White recently wondered whether she would become the Lucia Rijker of MMA – a dominant champ on a too-small stage.

As Rousey prepares for her first title defense, Rijker can now weigh in on that question.

Rousey manager Darin Harvey today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that the Strikeforce women's bantamweight champion has enlisted the famed kickboxer and boxer as a coach.

Rousey (5-0 MMA, 3-0 SF) meets Sarah Kaufman (15-1 MMA, 6-1 SF) at "Strikeforce: Rousey vs. Kaufman," which takes place Aug. 18 at Valley View Casino Center in San Diego. The event's main card airs live on Showtime while preliminary-card fights air on Showtime Extreme.

The undefeated Rousey has yet to make the same impression with her striking as with the judo that not only won her a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics, but bested eight amateur and pro opponents via first-round armbar. In March, she captured the Strikeforce title by brutally submitting Tate.

White has lavished praise on Rousey while pondering whether there are enough credible opponents to challenge her in the Zuffa-owned promotion.

"She's a rock star," White said prior to May's UFC on FOX 3. "She's been killing it for us. I just hope that we can get some really good fights for her."

Kaufman promises, at minimum, to test the champ's striking skills. The hard-charging former champ comes into the bout on a three-fight win streak following a loss to Marloes Coenen in October 2010. She bested Megumi Yabushita, Liz Carmouche and Alexis Davis to earn the title shot.

The now-retired Rijker, 44, amassed a 17-0 professional record as a boxer and a 36-0 record as a kickboxer, winning six world titles in the process.

Back in her native Los Angeles after a stint with the Cesar Gracie Fight Team in Stockton, Calif., Rousey also is training at Team Hayastan in North Hollywood and Glendale Fighting Club.

Although White is invested in the current women's champ, he is less than optimistic about her long-term viability.

"Unfortunately, I think she's is going to be the Lucia Rijker of MMA," he said. "She's the female boxer that was really the best in the world. You heard of Christie Martin and Laila Ali and all these other people, (and) they wouldn't fight her. Nobody wanted to fight Lucia Rijker. She was sparring with guys. She was probably the best female boxer ever, and nobody knows who the hell she is."

Source: http://mmajunkie.com/news/29502/stri...ufman-bout.mma

This is awesome IMO.. Rijker was a ******* monster back in the day.. Here's a couple videos of her:

I think Rousey WILL be the Lucia of this generation. Her Judo is not to be trifled with, and her grappling is insanely good. She can kick a lot of male MMA fighter's ass. I generally don't follow WMMA but I will watch Rousey any day. She puts on a fight. There's not too many fighters you can say put on a great fight just by grappling alone. Although as far as pure power and striking goes, I don't think Rousey will match Lucia. As far as dominance in the division, yeah definitely. She's an Olympic medalist; one of the best in the world for her class.

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Originally Posted by joh2141 (Post 1599403)

She can kick a lot of male MMA fighter's ass.

I seriously doubt that. Put her in the cage against Jon Jones, JDS, or even Fedor before you make such an outrageous claim. She would get smashed pretty easily.

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Originally Posted by gwest40 (Post 1600230)

I seriously doubt that. Put her in the cage against Jon Jones, JDS, or even Fedor before you make such an outrageous claim. She would get smashed pretty easily.

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Originally Posted by gwest40 (Post 1600230)

I seriously doubt that. Put her in the cage against Jon Jones, JDS, or even Fedor before you make such an outrageous claim. She would get smashed pretty easily.

You just named LHW and HWs... Put her against male fighters her weight and she will toss them around with her judo and submit them via arm bar. At least have common sense man or are you just trolling? My claim is not that outrageous

This girl sounds like a badass too. Never heard of her though

Lucia Rijker's punching power is on par with Houston Alexander.. That is not shit talk, that is not exaggeration, it has been proven. She weighs 140lbs.

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Originally Posted by MRBRESK (Post 1600922)

Lucia Rijker's punching power is on par with Houston Alexander.. That is not shit talk, that is not exaggeration, it has been proven. She weighs 140lbs.

Well that's where the form comes in. They say a lot of your punching power and kicking power comes from your form and stance rather than the muscles itself.